®Planning appeal decision
Double Arches Business Park Eastern Way, Heath And Reach, LEIGHTON BUZZARD, LU7 9LF
the development of additional on-site facilities and buildings for the maintenance and repair of fairground and associated vehicles on the site; two existing buildings of similar size, one B class and one for Travelling Show People use will swap use classes; 10 caravans of residential use by quarry workers to be removed
- Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
- Inspector
- Owen A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and development plan policies
- the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area beyond a settlement envelope
- whether the development would provide acceptable living conditions for its future occupiers with respect to the layout of the plots
- the effect on highway safety
- would the harms to the Green Belt, and any other harms, be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the development
What decided it
The Green Belt and other identified harms were not clearly outweighed by the other considerations, so very special circumstances were not established.
Substantial harm to the Green Belt and significant harm to character and appearance, living conditions and highway safety outweighed the significant weight given to the lack of alternative sites and other considerations, so the appeal was dismissed.
Framework references: 153, 154, 155
Plan policies cited: SP4, SP7, EE5, HQ1, H8, H7, T2, T1, EE2
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